Mr. Risaburo Aoki granted Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rossette.
Mr. Risaburo Aoki elected as Chairman for the first time from the medical
industry for 50th Annual Meeting of Japan Medical Machinery Society.
Organ Preservation Device developed

1977

Aoki Memorial Machinery Museum inaugurated

1978

To make the museum a public organization, the Museum is donated to
the Japan Medical Machinery Society, and the Japan Medical Instrument History
Preservation Society, a non profit organization, is established

1981

Mr. Risaburo Aoki granted the Distinguished Award by the International Society
of Artificial Organs

Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare granted formal approval to establish
the Japan Medical Instrument History Preservation Society as a foundation.
Mr. Risaburo Aoki granted Honorary Doctorate by the Cleveland Clinic
in the United Sates.
World's first silicon hollow fiber oxygenator launched

1985

Hummingbird, a high frequency ventilator for neonates, adopted in
a National Institute of Health (U.S.A.) sponsored project

1987

Commercialization of the cold laser unit under development since 1982 and
breathing circuit

1988

Mr. Yoshio Aoki elected as Chairman by the Japan Medical Machinery
Industry Association

1989

Mr. Yoshio Aoki assumed the post of Vice President of the Japan Medical
Machinery Body Association
Mr. Yoshio Aoki appointed as Managing Director of the Japan Medical Instrument
History Preservation Committee

1991

Received the Good Design Award for the Membrane Oxygenator Excelung HPO-25